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M Unit wiring
08/21/18 at 09:11:55
 
In the middle of a rebuild and would like to replace or at least clean up the stock wiring harness. Anyone have experience using the Motogadget M unit to replace the stock wiring harness?
It looks impressive and is well reviewed, but am sure it has a new issues of its own..
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/motogadget-m-unit-basic-digital-control-a...

thanks in advance.
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Re: M Unit wiring
Reply #1 - 08/21/18 at 10:09:45
 
$300.00 !!!!...   Shocked

Not even on a Vincent...  Undecided
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Reply #2 - 08/21/18 at 10:38:34
 
I don't see that this has many  advantages,  when it comes to lighting, most failures will be a bad bulb ,if you had a turn signal fail , it will trip the circuit , but will not reset until the problem is fixed . How will you tell if it's the front or rear bulb? or if you lost the ground or the positive  ,without power to the circuit? you'll end up checking every bulb and every wire,( do you have a lot of time on your hands? do you carry a very complete tool kit on the road?) your turn signals run two different bulbs ,double filament in front ,single in the rear . If your front running lights ,horn and head light fail ,you'll know where to look if you have the stock wiring , they all run on a common ground . This system tells you nothing , and will hamper repairs , costs $300 , and you'll have to completely rewire the bike! The unit states that it can run a warm as 80C that's over 150F ,where are you going to mount it? With all those separate circuits (a massive amount of wires running to it) you'll have a larger,more complicated , wiring harness than before.
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Reply #3 - 08/21/18 at 11:39:40
 
I looked at it briefly... finally looked like more complexity ready to fail.

And if it's been anywhere near MegaSh!t it's gonna fail.
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Reply #4 - 08/21/18 at 18:51:30
 
Done a few. Very clever system. Like it a lot. On a really primitive bike, it isn't that necessary. Using one on my Savage, did one on an R65 BMW, and my bud is dong one on his CB350. If you go with handlebar microswitches, it really neatens things us. Def use the M-Button up front. It takes all the inputs from the handlebar switches and sends them back to the M unit in a single green wire. You still have a few wires going forward, but the number of wires going back is greatly decreased. Try to mount the M-Button in the handlebar, so that single green wire and a grand lead are all that come out of the handlebar.
I like the later units with multiple aux circuits. Don't know that I need the BlueTooth part.
Very smart device.
There are some great tutorials online to help.
Nice to lose incorporate the fuse panel, relays, etc in one small package.
Again, with handlebar micro switches, you can really tidy up the front of the bike.
Not to mention some very cool programming options.
I'm sure I'll be doing more of them.
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Re: M Unit wiring
Reply #5 - 08/22/18 at 01:27:15
 
I would use a M-unit if the stock wiring harness is falling apart. But it wasn't, so I just replaced the handlebar switches. Cleaned the front end a lot.
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Reply #6 - 08/22/18 at 09:20:10
 
kojones, what grips are those.  They look very comfortable.
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Reply #7 - 08/22/18 at 09:55:53
 
Tocsik wrote on 08/22/18 at 09:20:10:
kojones, what grips are those.  They look very comfortable.


Agreed. Info needed.
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Reply #8 - 08/22/18 at 14:37:37
 
Biltwell Recoils. And yes, they are very comfortable. And cheap  Grin
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Reply #9 - 08/24/18 at 07:27:18
 
kojones wrote on 08/22/18 at 14:37:37:
Biltwell Recoils. And yes, they are very comfortable. And cheap  Grin


Thanks. Ordered from Amazon - $17.95 shipped.
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Re: M Unit wiring
Reply #10 - 08/24/18 at 08:01:09
 
The texture doesn't last long, mine are worn off after a years worth of riding.
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Reply #11 - 03/11/20 at 10:19:51
 
Armen wrote on 08/21/18 at 18:51:30:
Done a few. Very clever system. Like it a lot. On a really primitive bike, it isn't that necessary. Using one on my Savage, did one on an R65 BMW, and my bud is dong one on his CB350. If you go with handlebar microswitches, it really neatens things us. Def use the M-Button up front. It takes all the inputs from the handlebar switches and sends them back to the M unit in a single green wire. You still have a few wires going forward, but the number of wires going back is greatly decreased. Try to mount the M-Button in the handlebar, so that single green wire and a grand lead are all that come out of the handlebar.
I like the later units with multiple aux circuits. Don't know that I need the BlueTooth part.
Very smart device.
There are some great tutorials online to help.
Nice to lose incorporate the fuse panel, relays, etc in one small package.
Again, with handlebar micro switches, you can really tidy up the front of the bike.
Not to mention some very cool programming options.
I'm sure I'll be doing more of them.


Armen, any chance you've got a wiring diagram i could use for my 87' Savage ?
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Re: M Unit wiring
Reply #12 - 03/11/20 at 10:30:42
 
Are you using stock handlebar switches?
M-Button?
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Reply #13 - 03/11/20 at 10:31:34
 
Armen wrote on 03/11/20 at 10:30:42:
Are you using stock handlebar switches?
M-Button?


M-button and M-Switch instead of the stock handlebar switches.
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Re: M Unit wiring
Reply #14 - 03/11/20 at 10:56:20
 
im also thinking about using one of these:

https://shop.revivalcycles.com/universal-starter-solenoid-with-main-fuse/

This is my first time doing this kind of electrical work, so i might have gone a bit overboard...
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